Claude Duet is Anthropic’s new agent for professionals and small business owners, and it’s launching as a research preview.

Claude Duet is Anthropic’s new agent for professionals and small business owners, and it’s launching as a research preview.

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Oct 21, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC

Jay Peters

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.

Anthropic just announced an AI agent competitor to Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots: Claude Duet. The new agent, designed for professionals and small business owners, is launching as a “research preview,” according to Anthropic , and it’s available as a standalone app on iOS and Android and through Claude on the web.

The AI agent is built around Claude Opus 5.5. Here’s Anthropic’s description of what it can do:

Each morning, it sends you a short brief on the most important items across your connected apps.…